Cancer-hit Hyd boy’s wish to meet Dubai Crown Prince fulfilled
Dubai, March 8: The wish of a seven-year-old cancerstricken Indian boy came true when Dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan met him in a heart-touching gesture and posted their picture on social media.
Abdullah Hussain from Hyderabad, suffering from third stage cancer, had expressed his wish on social media to meet his idol Sheikh Hamdan, following which he was featured in a TV news report, the Gulf News reported. “Shaikh Hamdan is so cool, adventurous and so kind. I want to meet his pets and I want to see his dresses,” Abdullah said in a video while carrying a banner that read: “I am your fan Shaikh Hamdan. I want to meet you. I love Fazza.”
Speaking to Gulf News following the family’s meeting with Sheikh Hamdan on Friday, Abdullah’s mother Nausheen Fatima expressed the joy and gratitude of the boy and his family.
“Abdullah is all smiles after meeting His Highness. It was my boy’s biggest wish to meet him. Alhamdulillah, it has come true.” She said the young fan has grown fonder of his idol after the meeting which went viral on social media after Sheikh Hamdan posted his picture with Abdullah on Instagram with the caption “Met this courageous boy today.” “He has met his real life hero and all of us are so happy about this heart-touching initiative by the Crown Prince,” said Nausheen. She said the family was touched by “Sheikh Hamdan’s simplicity, kindness, the way he talked to Abdullah and his younger brother Ahmed, and his polite and playful nature.”
“He first hugged Abdullah and said he is very happy to see him. He said Abdullah is very strong and advised us to encourage him to stay positive and always stand by him as a family.” She said Sheikh Hamdan asked details about Abdullah’s treatment and the plans ahead.
“He is very generous. It didn’t feel like we were talking to the Crown Prince.”
“Abdullah’s father Mohd Tajamul Hussain, a businessman, had brought over a portrait of Sheikh Hamdan with a horse and golden replica of Charminar, an iconic monument in Hyderabad, for gifting them to the Crown Prince. Sheikh Hamdan received the gifts and posed for pictures with the family during the 15-minute meeting,” she said. After that, the family spent more than an hour with Sheikh Hamdan’s pets. Abdullah was thrilled to see the giraffes, gazelles and elephants. She said the family is grateful that their ailing son’s wish has been granted.
ABDULLAH’S MOTHER Nausheen Fatima said the young fan has grown fonder of his idol after the meeting which went viral on social media after Sheikh Hamdan posted his picture with Abdullah on Instagram with the caption “Met this courageous boy today.”